Verstappen revels after epic win at Imola: 'Very important week for us'

16:58, 18 May

byNorberto Mujica

Max Verstappen has won the 7th round of the F1 world championship ahead of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, showing off the power behind Red Bull's upgrades and his vast racing prowess.

At the start of the race, one could say is where Verstappen won the race. "Yeah the start itself wasn't particularly great, but then I was still on the outside line or basically the normal line and I said 'well I'm just gonna try and send around the outside'. and it worked really well," said Verstappen during the on the grid interviews.

"That of course then unleashed our pace because once you were in the lead the car was good, I could look after my tyres and we had a very good pace on it today, so again massive improvement from Friday and I'm very very pleased for that."

Perfect Red Bull wins at Imola

Everything worked out well for Red Bull due to the level of execution the team had, noted Verstappen

"Then that VSC was quite handy to pit. And even then even on the hard compound, I think our pace was very strong. But then of course there was a safety car so the field was all back together. But even then on the restart, I think we managed it all really well and yeah, brought it home."

"Incredibly proud of everyone. You know, it's been a very important week for us, The car performed really well and also I think the whole execution of the whole race, when to pit, the pit stops themselves they were all very good."